Alex Ates Haywood
2 min readJan 30, 2023

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"No climate emergency since we won't reach 6˚C so we are OK" is at best misleading at worst callous.

3˚C, (which casually is admitted that the world would reach by 2100 with the assertion that there is "very little chance of touching 4˚C" with absolutely NO scientific backing), completely ignores the devastating effect that 3˚C of warming since 1850 would have on humanity, not to mention 3.5˚ or 3.7˚C, still far, far away from 4˚C.

To be sure, not reaching 6˚C will be a win but not for the hundreds of thousands that will be dead and millions who will be displaced and a world economy that will be crushed. (Please take a look at the link below that was published by SwissRe on the impact of climate change at 2.5 ˚C by mid-century).

Also, pretending that American and European mortality due to bad diets and over-eating will somehow be curtailed and be a net-positive because of depressed food production in the breadbaskets of the world is simply irresponsible and belies today's reality. As it is today, the wealth of Western populations will ensure a comparative abundance of calories available to them while the less fortunate in the world will starve as we blow past 2˚ in the coming decade.

It is very easy to discount the effects of climate catastrophe once you achieve financial freedom as you have and live in safety and comfort, with access to (so far) abundant energy to heat or cool your home, drive or fly to wherever you want whenever you want and have access food 24/7.

https://medium.com/politically-speaking/panic-in-the-insurance-sector-f266f433928

https://www.swissre.com/dam/jcr:e73ee7c3-7f83-4c17-a2b8-8ef23a8d3312/swiss-re-institute-expertise-publication-economics-of-climate-change.pdf

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Alex Ates Haywood
Alex Ates Haywood

Written by Alex Ates Haywood

After 20 years in finance I realized it was all a lie. Now I'm trying to figure out what 'it' is. Human being tired of being lied to.

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